But in your analogy, eventually the man would become close enough to the woman so he is no longer an equal and opposite force? The man's position will never be the same as the woman's position, true. However there will come a time when their positions are so close, they are virtually the same. Then, you must admit, they are no longer equal and opposite.

Isn't this the whole idea of the glass bead game? To eventually merge intellectual thinkers with the generally disinterested masses?